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On Tuesday, Kansas State University held a town hall meeting as they begin the process of the university’s new master plan. It has been 12 years since the university last adopted a master plan. Tuesday’s meeting was held at the K-State Alumni Association Building and saw students, faculty and alumni as they provided their input [...]

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A Manhattan legislator has an update on proposed Medicaid expansion in the state of Kansas. Rep. Sydney Carlin of the 66th legislative district spoke about the bill’s progress in the Kansas House. “The bill will not be coming to the floor,” she said. “The committee chair decided not to bring it to the floor for [...]

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Manhattan city commissioners have been recently discussing bringing a sales tax question that would take the city’s current 1% sales tax to as much as 2% to help replenish the General Fund cash balance on the August ballot. The balance dropped $6 million between January 2023 and January 2024. Mayor Wynn Butler told KMAN that [...]

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A Marysville woman was arrested on Saturday morning outside of Porter’s Bar in Aggieville for interference with law enforcement. 35-year-old Alyssa Rittmiller was arrest around 1:58 am in the 700 block of North Manhattan Avenue outside of Porter’s Bar in Aggieville. She is charged with one count of interference with law enforcement by resisting the [...]

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Manhattan Broadcasting Company and the Manhattan Mercury announced this week they forming a cooperating agreement. Manhattan Mercury Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Ned Seaton spoke about the new agreement. “The time has come for both of them to help each other do a better job of informing the community and helping businesses reach consumers and the things [...]

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Leadership ideas were shared Wednesday in the annual 60 in 60 event, hosted by the Manhattan Mercury at the Manhattan Conference Center. Six panelists of local celebrities provided 10 leadership ideas they’ve developed over time. The featured guest speaker was K-State head football coach Chris Klieman, who shared his thoughts on what it takes to [...]

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The 47th annual Flint Hills Home Show was held at the Army National Guard in Manhattan on Saturday. Brad Hartenstein is the executive officer for the Flint Hills Area Builders Association and spoke about the event’s purpose. Over 95 local businesses were present at Saturday’s event. Hartenstein said that the event usually sees high turnout [...]

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The sixth annual Pancakes for Pawnee was held at the west side Early Edition in Manhattan on Tuesday evening. Pawnee Mental Health CEO Robbin Cole says the event’s proceeds go towards those who don’t have health insurance that need mental health assistance. Cole also talked about the drive thru service that is provided by Pawnee [...]

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The Riley County Police Department executed a search warrant on Friday that resulted in the arrests of three Manhattan residents. Police executed the search warrant at approximately 1:57 pm in the 3000 block of Claflin Road. Police arrested 41-year-old Stephanie Taylor, 28-year-old Grier Griffin and 32-year-old Colton Gardner at various times throughout the afternoon in [...]

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The Manhattan-Ogden School Board approved the purchase of new iPads Wednesday night for classrooms, though not without some pushback from one board member. Katie Allen stated her opposition to purchasing more technology due to studies that found that the addition of technology in the classroom did not improve reading or writing standards with students. She says it may [...]

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